Childhood Parental Incarceration and Adult-Onset Hypertension and Cardiovascular Risk

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Differences in Cholecystectomy Outcomes and Operating Time Between Male and Female Surgeons in Sweden

JAMA Surgery

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About The Study: The findings of this study of 150,000 patients who were operated on by 2,553 surgeons in Sweden indicate that female surgeons have more favorable outcomes and operate more slowly than male surgeons in elective and acute care cholecystectomies. These results may contribute to an increased understanding of gender differences within this surgical specialty. 

Authors: My Blohm, M.D., of the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, is the corresponding author.

 

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Prenatal Antidepressant Exposure and Offspring Brain Morphologic Trajectory

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Surgeon Sex and Long-Term Postoperative Outcomes Among Patients Undergoing Common Surgeries

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About The Study: The results of this study of one million patients suggest that patients treated by female surgeons have a lower risk-adjusted likelihood of adverse postoperative outcomes at 90 days and one year following surgery. These findings further support differences in patient outcomes based on physician sex that warrant deeper study regarding underlying causes and potential solutions.

Authors: Christopher J. D. Wallis, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of Toronto, is the corresponding author.

 

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Risk of Stroke Hospitalization After Infertility Treatment

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About The Study: In this study of 31 million pregnant individuals who delivered between 2010 and 2018, infertility treatment was associated with an increased risk of stroke-related hospitalization within 12 months of delivery; this risk was evident as early as 30 days after delivery. Timely follow-up in the immediate days postpartum and continued long-term follow-up should be considered to mitigate stroke risk. 

Authors: Cande V. Ananth, Ph.D., M.P.H., of the Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick, New Jersey, is the corresponding author. 

 

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Long-Term Maternal and Child Outcomes Following Postnatal SSRI Treatment

JAMA Network Open

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About The Study: The results of this study of 61,000 mother-child dyads suggest that postnatal selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) treatment was associated with a reduced risk of postnatal depression–associated maternal mental health problems and child externalizing behaviors across early childhood years. These findings suggest that postnatal SSRI treatment may bring benefits in the long term to women with postnatal depression and their offspring.

Authors: Chaoyu Liu, M.D., Ph.D., of King’s College in London, is the corresponding author. 

 

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Cannabis Use Disorder and Reasons for Use in a State Where Recreational Cannabis Use Is Legal

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About The Study: In this study of primary care patients in a state with legal recreational cannabis use, cannabis use disorder (CUD) was common among patients who used cannabis. Moderate to severe CUD was more prevalent among patients who reported any nonmedical use. These results underscore the importance of assessing patient cannabis use and CUD symptoms in medical settings. 

Authors: Gwen T. Lapham, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.S.W., of the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle, is the corresponding author. 

 

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Effect of Mavacamten on Chinese Patients With Symptomatic Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

JAMA Cardiology

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About The Study: The clinical benefits of mavacamten in this phase 3 randomized clinical trial of 81 Chinese patients with symptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy were consistent with previous data. This study supports the efficacy and safety of mavacamten, a first-in-class, selective, reversible, allosteric inhibitor of β-cardiac myosin, in diverse populations, including Chinese patients.

Authors: Shuyang Zhang, M.D., of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College in Beijing, is the corresponding author.

 

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Mavacamten in Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Referred for Septal Reduction

JAMA Cardiology

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About The Study: The results of this randomized clinical trial show that for patients with symptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, there is sufficient and sustained improvement with mavacamten, a selective allosteric and reversible cardiac myosin inhibitor, thereby reducing the need for septal reduction therapy. Although this represents a useful therapeutic option, given the potential risk of left ventricular systolic dysfunction, there is a continued need for close monitoring.

Authors: Milind Y. Desai, M.D., M.B.A., of the Cleveland Clinic, is the corresponding author.

 

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Medications for Opioid Use Disorder During the Prenatal Period and Infant Outcomes

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Neighborhood Opportunity and Vulnerability and Incident Asthma Among Children

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Estimated Lifetime Gained With Cancer Screening Tests

JAMA Internal Medicine

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About The Study: The findings of this systematic review and meta-analysis of 18 long-term randomized clinical trials involving 2.1 million individuals suggest that current evidence does not substantiate the claim that common cancer screening tests save lives by extending lifetime, except possibly for colorectal cancer screening with sigmoidoscopy. 

Authors: Michael Bretthauer, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of Oslo in Oslo, Norway, is the corresponding author.

 

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Trends in Suicide Rates Among Post-9/11 Veterans With and Without Traumatic Brain Injury

JAMA Neurology

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About The Study: In a large cohort of U.S. military veterans serving after 9/11, suicide rates increased more than 10-fold from 2006-2020, a significantly greater rate of change than in the U.S. adult population. Over the 15-year period, veterans with traumatic brain injury (TBI) had suicide rates 56% higher than veterans without TBI and three times higher than the U.S. adult population.

Authors: Jeffrey T. Howard, Ph.D., of the University of Texas at San Antonio, is the corresponding author.

 

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Neuropathologic and Clinical Findings in Young Contact Sport Athletes Exposed to Repetitive Head Impacts

JAMA Neurology

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About The Study: This case series found that young brain donors exposed to repetitive head impacts were highly symptomatic regardless of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) status, and the causes of symptoms in this sample are likely multifactorial. Future studies that include young brain donors unexposed to repetitive head impacts are needed to clarify the association among exposure, white matter and microvascular pathologic findings, CTE, and clinical symptoms.

Authors: Ann C. McKee, M.D., of the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs in Boston, is the corresponding author.

 

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Assessment of Hospital-Onset SARS-CoV-2 Infection Rates and Testing Practices

JAMA Network Open

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About The Study: In this study of hospitals reporting SARS-CoV-2 infections, there was an increase of hospital-onset SARS-CoV-2 infections when community-onset infections were higher, indicating a need for ongoing and enhanced surveillance and prevention efforts to reduce in-hospital transmission of SARS-CoV-2 infections, particularly when community-incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infections is high. 

Authors: Kelly M. Hatfield, M.S.P.H., of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, is the corresponding author. 

 

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Projected Outcomes of Optimized Statin and Ezetimibe Therapy in Veterans with Coronary Artery Disease

JAMA Network Open

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About The Study: In this study of 111,000 U.S. military veterans with coronary artery disease, suboptimal lipid-lowering therapy was prevalent in the clinical setting. Optimization of statin therapy was projected to produce clinically relevant reductions in the risks of death and cardiovascular events. Despite a lesser lipid-lowering efficacy of ezetimibe, its widespread use on a population level in conjunction with optimized statin therapy may be associated with further meaningful reductions in cardiovascular risk. 

Authors: Gregory G. Schwartz, M.D., Ph.D., of the Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center in Aurora, Colorado, is the corresponding author. 

 

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Muvalaplin, an Oral Small Molecule Inhibitor of Lipoprotein(a) Formation

JAMA

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About The Study: Muvalaplin was not associated with tolerability concerns and lowered lipoprotein(a) (Lp[a]) levels up to 65% following daily administration for 14 days in this first-in-human phase 1 study involving healthy participants. Lipoprotein(a) is associated with atherosclerotic disease and aortic stenosis. Longer and larger trials will be required to further evaluate safety, tolerability, and effect of muvalaplin on Lp(a) levels and cardiovascular outcomes.

Authors: Stephen J. Nicholls, M.B.B.S., Ph.D., of Monash University in Clayton, Victoria, Australia, is the corresponding author.

 

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Telehealth and In-Person Mental Health Service Utilization and Spending, 2019 to 2022

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Changes in Patient Experiences of Hospital Care During the Pandemic

JAMA Health Forum

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About The Study: The results of this study suggest that higher-staffed and higher-performing hospitals were more resilient to the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic, but by late 2021, patients’ experience of care had declined in all hospitals. 

Authors: Marc N. Elliott, Ph.D., of the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica, California, is the corresponding author.

 

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COVID-19 Pandemic and Associated Inequities in Heart Attack Treatment, Outcomes

JAMA Network Open

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About The Study: This study found that while the pandemic was associated with worse treatment and outcomes in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI; heart attack), race and ethnicity–associated inequities did not increase significantly. These findings suggest the need for additional efforts to mitigate outcomes associated with the COVID-19 pandemic for patients admitted with AMI when the hospital COVID-19 burden is substantially increased. 

Authors: Laurent G. Glance, M.D., of the University of Rochester School of Medicine in Rochester, New York, is the corresponding author. 

 

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Virtual Tumor Boards for Remote Learning in Head and Neck Surgical Oncology

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Assessment of AI Chatbot Responses to Top Searched Queries About Cancer

JAMA Oncology

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About The Study: The findings of this study suggest that artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots generally produce accurate information for the top cancer-related search queries, but the responses are not readily actionable and are written at a college reading level. These limitations suggest that AI chatbots should be used supplementarily and not as a primary source for medical information. 

Authors: Abdo E. Kabarriti, M.D., of the State University of New York Downstate Health Sciences University in New York, is the corresponding author. 

 

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Excess All-Cause Mortality in China After Ending the Zero COVID Policy

JAMA Network Open

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About The Study: In this study across all regions in mainland China, an estimated 1.87 million excess deaths occurred among individuals 30 years and older during the first two months after the end of China’s zero COVID policy, a proactive strategy that deploys mass testing and strict quarantine measures to stamp out any outbreak before it can spread.

Authors: Hong Xiao, Ph.D., and Joseph M. Unger, Ph.D., M.S., of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, are the corresponding authors. 

 

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Clinical Outcomes and Overestimation of Oxygen Saturation in Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19

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About The Study: Overestimation of oxygen saturation by pulse oximetry led to delayed delivery of COVID-19 therapy and higher probability of readmission regardless of race in this study of 24,000 patients. Black patients were more likely to have unrecognized need for therapy with potential implications for population-level health disparities. 

Authors: Tianshi David Wu, M.D., M.H.S., of the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, is the corresponding author. 

 

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Health Claims and Doses of Fish Oil Supplements

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About The Study: The results of this study suggest that the majority of fish oil supplement labels make health claims, usually in the form of structure/function claims, that imply a health benefit across a variety of organ systems despite a lack of trial data showing efficacy. Significant heterogeneity exists in the daily dose of eicosapentaenoic acid + docosahexaenoic acid in available supplements, leading to potential variability in safety and efficacy between supplements.

Authors: Ann Marie Navar, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, is the corresponding author.

 

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Written Exposure Therapy vs Prolonged Exposure Therapy in the Treatment of PTSD

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Development of a Machine Learning–Based Prescriptive Tool to Address Racial Disparities in Access to Care After Penetrating Trauma

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Sociodemographic Differences in Pandemic Experiences Among Families in the US

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About The Study: In this study of United States families, lower caregiver education was associated with financial strain and reduced ability to adapt to pandemic-related demands, younger children received the least support from school, and their caregivers faced the most childcare challenges. Experiences were generally similar for urban and rural families. 

Authors: Kaja Z. LeWinn, Sc.D., of the University of California, San Francisco, is the corresponding author. 

 

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National Estimates of Gender-Affirming Surgery

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About The Study: In this study of 48,000 patients, gender-affirming surgery increased significantly in the U.S., nearly tripling from 2016 to 2019. Breast and chest surgery was the most common class of procedures performed overall. The number of genital surgical procedures performed increased with increasing age.  

Authors: Jason D. Wright, M.D., of the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York, is the corresponding author. 

 

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Comparison of Ophthalmologist and AI Chatbot Responses to Online Patient Eye Care Questions

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About The Study: In this study of human-written and artificial intelligence (AI)-generated responses to 200 eye care questions from an online advice forum, a chatbot appeared capable of responding to long user-written eye health posts and largely generated appropriate responses that did not differ significantly from ophthalmologist-written responses in terms of incorrect information, likelihood of harm, extent of harm, or deviation from ophthalmologist community standards.  

Authors: Sophia Y. Wang, M.D., M.S., of Stanford University in Stanford, California, is the corresponding author. 

 

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Effect of a Mediterranean Diet or Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction During Pregnancy on Child Neurodevelopment

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About The Study: In this randomized clinical trial that included 626 children, maternal structured lifestyle interventions during pregnancy based on a Mediterranean diet or mindfulness-based stress reduction significantly improved child neurodevelopmental outcomes at age 2. 

Authors: Francesca Crovetto, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain, is the corresponding author.

  

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Aspirin for Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in 51 Low-, Middle-, and High-Income Countries

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Changes in the Use of Long-Term Medications Following Incident Dementia Diagnosis

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Medical Product Industry Ties to Patient Advocacy Organizations’ Executive Leadership

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Effect of Bypassing the Closest Stroke Center in Patients with Intracerebral Hemorrhage

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Psychotropic Medication and Psychotropic Polypharmacy Among Children and Adolescents in the Child Welfare System

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Late Mortality After COVID-19 Infection in Veterans vs Risk-Matched Comparators

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About The Study: The findings of this study indicate that COVID-19 was not associated with any clinically significant excess mortality among those who survived at least 180 days compared with closely risk-matched comparators, despite having worse 2-year total mortality. This finding has individual level and health system planning implications and should be reassuring to persons who have survived COVID-19 for at least 180 days. 

Authors: Theodore J. Iwashyna, M.D., Ph.D., of the Ann Arbor VA in Ann Arbor, Michigan, is the corresponding author.

 

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Screen Time at Age 1 and Communication, Problem-Solving Developmental Delay at Ages 2 and 4

JAMA Pediatrics

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About The Study: In this study including 7,097 mother-child pairs, greater screen time for children at age 1 was associated with developmental delays in communication and problem-solving at ages 2 and 4. These findings suggest that domains of developmental delay should be considered separately in future discussions on screen time and child development. 

Authors: Taku Obara, Ph.D., of Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan, is the corresponding author.

 

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International Pediatric COVID-19 Severity Over the Course of the Pandemic

JAMA Pediatrics

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About The Study: This study including 31,000 hospitalized children with SARS-CoV-2 infection suggested that while intensive care unit admission decreased over the course of the pandemic in all age groups, ventilatory and oxygen support did not decrease over time in children younger than age 5. These findings highlight the importance of considering different pediatric age groups when assessing disease severity in COVID-19. 

Authors: Kirsty Short, Ph.D., of the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, is the corresponding author.

 

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Websites Selling Direct-to-Consumer Anti-Mullerian Hormone Tests

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About The Study: In this study including content analysis of 27 websites across multiple countries, most websites selling direct-to-consumer Anti-Mullerian Hormone (AMH) tests included false and misleading claims which might lead consumers to purchase an AMH test in the belief that it can reliably predict fertility potential and age of menopause. Depending on the test result, this may in turn lead to misplaced anxiety or reassurance about one’s fertility and modifications to subsequent conception or contraceptive plans and behavior. 

Authors: Tessa Copp, Ph.D., of the University of Sydney in Sydney, Australia, is the corresponding author. 

 

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USPSTF Recommendation on Preexposure Prophylaxis to Prevent Acquisition of HIV

JAMA

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Bottom Line: The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends that clinicians prescribe preexposure prophylaxis using effective antiretroviral therapy to persons at increased risk of HIV acquisition to decrease the risk of acquiring HIV. An estimated 1.2 million persons in the U.S. currently have HIV, and more than 760,000 persons have died of complications related to HIV since the first cases were reported in 1981. Although treatable, HIV is not curable and has significant health consequences. Therefore, effective strategies to prevent HIV are an important public health and clinical priority. The USPSTF routinely makes recommendations about the effectiveness of preventive care services and this recommendation is consistent with its 2019 recommendation on PrEP for the prevention of HIV. For the current recommendation, the USPSTF reviewed additional evidence on new formulations of PrEP.

 

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Postacute Care Services Use and Outcomes Among Traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage Beneficiaries

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Concurrent Care as the Next Frontier in End-of-Life Care

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Structural Racism and Adolescent Mental Health Disparities in Northern California

JAMA Network Open

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About The Study: In a racially and ethnically diverse cohort of 34,000 adolescents, those from neighborhoods with extreme concentrations of racial and economic disadvantage were more likely to screen positive for depressive symptoms and suicidality at well-teen visits compared to their counterparts from the most racially and economically privileged neighborhoods. 

Authors: Julia Acker, M.S., of the University of California, Berkeley, is the corresponding author. 

 

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Telemedicine Visits in Skilled Nursing Facilities

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About The Study: Telemedicine was rapidly adopted in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) in early 2020 but subsequently stabilized at a low use rate that was nonetheless higher than before 2020 in this study of more than 4.4 million residents at 15,000 SNFs. Higher telemedicine use in SNFs was associated with improved access to psychiatry visits in SNFs.  

Authors: Michael L. Barnett, M.D., M.S., of the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, is the corresponding author. 

 

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Women’s Adherence to Healthy Dietary Patterns and Outcomes of Infertility Treatment

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About The Study: The findings of this study that included 612 women suggest that adherence to preconception healthy dietary patterns before infertility treatment may be associated with a lower likelihood of pregnancy loss. 

Authors: Jorge E. Chavarro, M.D., Sc.D., of the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, is the corresponding author. 

 

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Medicaid Expansion of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and Participation of Patients With Medicaid in Cancer Clinical Trials

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Systemic Anticancer Therapy and Thromboembolic Outcomes in Hospitalized Patients With Cancer and COVID-19

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Monitoring Adverse Effects of Radiation Therapy in Patients With Head and Neck Cancer

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Association Between Health Insurance and Primary Care Vision Testing Among Children and Adolescents

JAMA Ophthalmology

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About The Study: In this survey study, the primary care physician vision testing rate was low and differed by insurance status among persons ages 3 to 17. Despite recommendations of yearly testing for children ages 3 to 5, less than half of those with private insurance received testing, with lower rates among those without private insurance.

Authors: Olivia J. Killeen, M.D., of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, is the corresponding author.

 

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Augmented Reality for Perioperative Anxiety in Patients Undergoing Surgery

JAMA Network Open

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About The Study: In this randomized clinical trial that included 95 patients, a preoperative walkthrough of a patient’s day of surgery using augmented reality decreased preoperative anxiety compared with traditional perioperative education and handouts, but there was no significant effect on postoperative anxiety, pain levels, or narcotic use. These findings suggest that augmented reality may serve as an effective means of decreasing preoperative patient anxiety.

Authors: Michael G. Rizzo Jr., M.D., of the University of Miami, is the corresponding author. 

 

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Association of Childhood Area-Level Ethnic Density and Psychosis Risk Among Ethnoracial Minoritized Individuals

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Representation of Race and Ethnicity in the Contemporary US Health Cohort All of Us Research Program

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Determinants and Outcomes of Suicidal Behavior Among Patients With Major Depressive Disorder

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Clinical Implications of Removing Race-Corrected Pulmonary Function Tests for African American Patients Requiring Surgery for Lung Cancer

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Normal Graft Function After Pig-to-Human Kidney Xenotransplant

JAMA Surgery

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About The Study: The findings from this case series show that pig-to-human xenotransplant provided life-sustaining kidney function in a deceased human with chronic kidney disease. Future research in living human recipients is necessary to determine long-term xenograft kidney function and whether xenografts could serve as a bridge or destination therapy for end-stage kidney disease.

Authors: Jayme E. Locke, M.D., M.P.H., of the University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine, is the corresponding author.

 

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Paternal Depression and Risk of Depression Among Offspring

JAMA Network Open

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About The Study: Paternal depression was associated with subsequent offspring depression in this systematic review and meta-analysis including 7.1 million father-child dyads from 16 observational studies. This finding shows the intergenerational transmission of mental health problems and suggests that mental health interventions benefit not only the patient but also the family as a whole, including both parents. 

Authors: Berihun Dachew, Ph.D., of Curtin University in Perth, Australia, is the corresponding author. 

 

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Patterns in Cancer Incidence Among People Younger Than Age 50

JAMA Network Open

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About The Study: The incidence rates in the U.S. of early-onset cancer (younger than age 50) increased from 2010 to 2019 in this study of 562,000 patients. Although breast cancer had the highest number of incident cases, gastrointestinal cancers had the fastest-growing incidence rates among all early-onset cancers. These data may be useful for the development of surveillance strategies and funding priorities. 

Authors: Daniel Q. Huang, M.B.B.S., M.M.E.D., and Cheng Han Ng, M.B.B.S., of the National University of Singapore, are the corresponding authors.

  

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Prevalence, Factors Associated With Vaping CBD Among Adolescents

JAMA Network Open

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About The Study: In this study of 28,000 middle and high school students, the prevalence of vaping cannabidiol (CBD) was high, particularly among e-cigarette users and Hispanic and sexual minority populations. The findings suggest that evidence-based educational campaigns, interventions, and public policy changes are needed to reduce the harmful health outcomes possible with vaping CBD among developing youths. 

Authors: Hongying Daisy Dai, Ph.D., of the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, is the corresponding author. 

 

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Mental Illness Following Physical Assault Among Children

JAMA Network Open

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About The Study: Children who experienced assault had, on average, a 2 times higher risk of receiving a mental illness diagnosis and were more likely than children who had not experienced assault to present to acute care for mental illness. Early intervention to support mental health of assaulted children is warranted, particularly in the first year following assault. 

Authors: Natasha Ruth Saunders, M.D., M.Sc., of the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, is the corresponding author. 

 

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IPX203 vs Immediate-Release Carbidopa-Levodopa for the Treatment of Motor Fluctuations in Parkinson Disease

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Patient Factors Associated With Biased Language in Nightly Resident Verbal Handoff

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Prenatal Intravenous Magnesium at 30-34 Weeks’ Gestation and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Offspring

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Association of Neighborhood-Level Environmental Injustice With Health Status

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